When “Wish” won the Best Metal Performance Grammy back in 1993, he was bewildered at the fact that a song with the phrase “fist fuck” in it, to the point where he hopes that such an accomplishment is featured on his epitaph. The song is on a short list of the most recognizable tracks by the industrial rock giants, which also makes it one of the most often-covered of the band’s catalog. Now the folks at the O’Keefe Music Foundation have assigned a section of their students to perform a radio-friendly version of the Broken-era classic.
The Lebanon, Ohio-based nonprofit provides free music education to children, as more and more public schools cut their music and arts programs. Since their inception in 2006, over 1,000 of the foundation’s students have been featured in over 100 different music videos, covering all manner of music genres. The ages of the kids in this video range from eight years old (keytar player Brackston Applegate) to eighteen (drummer Will Bright), with ten-year-old Zoe Franziska assuming vocal duties.
And before you ask, no, none of the song’s three F-bombs are uttered, with the latter turned into “fist pump,” a far more fitting expression for the birthday party-themed music video. For a yearning and nihilistic tune, the music video is tongue-in-cheek funny, particularly when singer Zoe’s more aggressive vocals come in. She does well, mind, but a preteen girl singing about “on my way to Hell” is going to get a chuckle out of some no matter what.
Check out the music video below, and learn more about the O’Keefe Music Foundation at their website.